वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-73, verse-12

उपस्थितं भयं घोरं दिव्यं पक्षिमुखाच्च्युतम् ।
मृगाः प्रशमयन्त्येते संतापस्त्यज्यतामयम् ॥१२॥

12. upasthitaṃ bhayaṃ ghoraṃ divyaṃ pakṣimukhāccyutam ,
mṛgāḥ praśamayantyete saṃtāpastyajyatāmayam.

12. upasthitam bhayam ghoram divyam pakṣimukhāt cyutam
mṛgāḥ praśamayanti ete santāpaḥ tyajyatām ayam

12. ghoram divyam bhayam pakṣimukhāt cyutam upasthitam (asti).
ete mṛgāḥ (tat) praśamayanti.
ayam santāpaḥ tyajyatām.

12. A terrible divine fear (bhayam) has arisen, having fallen from the mouth of a bird. These deer are pacifying it. Therefore, let this distress be abandoned.

Words meanings summery:

• उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - present, arisen, appeared

• भयम् (bhayam) - divine fear or omen (fear, danger, dread)

• घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, awful

• दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine, celestial, heavenly

• पक्षिमुखात् (pakṣimukhāt) - from the mouth of a bird

• च्युतम् (cyutam) - fallen, dropped, descended

• मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - the deer or wild animals (acting as a good omen) (deer, wild animals)

• प्रशमयन्ति (praśamayanti) - they pacify, they calm down

• एते (ete) - these

• सन्तापः (santāpaḥ) - distress, sorrow, affliction

• त्यज्यताम् (tyajyatām) - let it be abandoned, let it be forsaken

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

Words meanings and morphology

उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - present, arisen, appeared

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upasthita

upasthita - present, near, arrived, arisen, stood near

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with upasarga upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with bhayam.

भयम् (bhayam) - divine fear or omen (fear, danger, dread)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, awful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, awful, fearful

Note: Agrees with bhayam.

दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine, celestial, heavenly

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of divya

divya - divine, celestial, heavenly, supernatural

Note: Agrees with bhayam.

पक्षिमुखात् (pakṣimukhāt) - from the mouth of a bird

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pakṣimukha

pakṣimukha - bird's mouth

Compound type : tatpurusha (pakṣi+mukha)

• pakṣi – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)
• mukha – mouth, face, opening
  noun (neuter)

च्युतम् (cyutam) - fallen, dropped, descended

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cyuta

cyuta - fallen, dropped, lost, descended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root cyu (to move, to fall).

Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Agrees with bhayam, describing its state.

मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - the deer or wild animals (acting as a good omen) (deer, wild animals)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game

Note: Subject of 'praśamayanti'.

प्रशमयन्ति (praśamayanti) - they pacify, they calm down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of śam

Present tense, 3rd person plural, active voice of root śam with upasarga pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Verb for mṛgāḥ.

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, this one, these

Note: Agrees with mṛgāḥ.

सन्तापः (santāpaḥ) - distress, sorrow, affliction

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of santāpa

santāpa - distress, sorrow, affliction, heat

Prefix: sam

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'tyajyatām'.

त्यज्यताम् (tyajyatām) - let it be abandoned, let it be forsaken

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of tyaj

Imperative mood, 3rd person singular, passive voice of root tyaj.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with santāpaḥ.

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